# Privacy Policy for SmiteByte.com

Last updated: August 28, 2025

SmiteByte.com ("we," "us," or "our"), a California-based company, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information in compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other applicable laws. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website smitebyte.com or use Beacon Network Scanner. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms, do not access the site or use the tool.

### Information We Collect

- **No Personal Data Collection**: Beacon Network Scanner is a local network scanning tool and does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. It only fetches your public IP from api.ipify.org for display purposes and performs local scans on your network (e.g., ports 137, 5353, 80, 443). No user data is sent to us.

- **Website Usage**: When you visit smitebyte.com, we may automatically collect non-personal information like IP address, browser type, and pages visited via server logs. This helps improve the site but is not linked to you personally. Under CCPA, CA residents have rights to know if their data is sold (we don't sell data).

- **Donations**: If you donate (via [e.g., PayPal]), we collect only what's needed for processing (e.g., email), handled by third parties like PayPal, subject to their policies. We do not sell this information.

### How We Use Your Information

- We use non-personal data to maintain and improve the site and tool. No data is used for marketing or sold to third parties. For CA residents under CCPA, we disclose categories of information collected (e.g., identifiers like IP) but do not sell it.

### Sharing Your Information

- We do not share, sell, or rent any information to third parties, except as required by law (e.g., subpoena). CCPA rights for CA residents: Opt-out of sales (none occur), request deletion (no personal data stored), or know what we collect (contact us).

### Security

- Beacon is encrypted and malware-free (0/70 detections on VirusTotal, August 27, 2025). We use reasonable measures to protect the site, but no method is 100% secure.

### Your Rights (CCPA for CA Residents)

- Request disclosure of personal info collected/sold (none sold).

- Request deletion of personal info (none collected).

- Opt-out of sales (not applicable).

- Non-discrimination for exercising rights.

To exercise CCPA rights, contact us at [StPaul@smitebyte.com].

### Changes to This Policy

- We may update this policy—check back for changes. CA residents will be notified of material changes.

### Contact Us

- For questions, email [StPaul@smitebyte.com] or visit smitebyte.com.